ADDRESSING FAILED DESEGREGATION IN MARYLAND COLLEGES : COALITION, ET AL. v. MHEC,ET AL.

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THE COALITION FOR EQUITY AND EXCELLENCE IN MARYLAND HIGHER EDUCATION (COALITION), et al.,  v.   MARYLAND HIGHER EDUCATION (MHEC), et al.,  Civil No. CCB-
06-2773, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Decision by U.S. District Court Judge Catherine C. Blake ( October7, 2013).

This Federal civil rights case rises under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.

Plaintiffs allege that the defendants State of Maryland, et al., have failed to desegregate Maryland's system of higher education as required by Federal law under the framework articulated in United States v. Fordice, 505 U.S. 717 (1992).  The Court agreed with Plaintiffs, and observed as follows, inter alia:

             * * * As the parties involved in this long-running litigation agree, Maryland
             had a shameful history of de jure segregation throughtout much of the past century.
             Public higher education opportunities for African Americans were either non-existent or decidedly inferior to the opportunities afforded to white citizens.  * * * Remedies will be required.
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